Empty seats are major sporting event organisers' worst nightmare.

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Speaking at an event in Davos, he blamed the empty seats early in London 2012 on the organisers' clamp-down on so-called touts or scalpers.

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Every retailer I have passed is primed to sell it and the shelves were nearly empty in one continental chain two hours before an official launch event.

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